Re: building a desktop that will be supported by Lenny

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:09:30 +0000, Steve Kleene wrote:

> I'm about to get a new desktop and want to run Lenny on it.  I'm
> replacing a seven-year-old PC, now running Lenny, that has been crashing
> off and on for a couple of years.
> 
> When I built my first Debian machine, I had to use testing (Etch at the
> time) because stable (Sarge) didn't yet support my NIC.  Is there
> anything in new hardware that I should particularly avoid because it
> might not be suppprted by Lenny?  I'll be keeping the old peripherals,
> so this only concerns the components inside the case.

I have many computers running lenny with no problems at all. All devices 
are properly detected and configured.

As per the NIC cards in use, I can tell you the chipsets:

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)

I uploaded this info to the HCL so other users can benefit from it:

http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón